INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM CONTENT ON COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STUDENTS ACQUISITION OF SKILLS FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGER STATE
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2022-06
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The study was intended to assess the influence of adequacy of colleges of education students’ business
education curriculum content for the acquisition of job skills and job opportunities in Niger state. One
research question was raised to guide the study, while one hypothesis was formulated and tested at the
significance level of 0.05. The population of the study was 305 final year students of the Business
Education Department of the colleges. Since the population is manageable, the researchers use the entire
305 final year students, hence there was no sample size for the study. The researchers developed a
structured questionnaire for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts from the rank of
senior lecturer and above from the business education department of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Cronbach Alpha method was used to test the reliability of the instrument which yielded a coefficient value
of 0.82. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while Simple Regression
(SR) was used to test the null hypothesis formulated for the study at a significance level of 0.05. The
findings of the study revealed, among others that business education curriculum content in Niger colleges
of education does not provide students with essential skills required for their employability after
graduation. In view of the findings, one of the recommendations made was that, the business education
curriculum need’ an in-depth review that would enable the NCE graduates to respond to challenges in the
labour market and field of work. This should be done by selecting contents that are consistent with
emergent and anticipated needs, namely ICT competency, conflict resolution and economic survival and
entrepreneurship.